GenreGenre

Intermediate Literature

Mrs. Walker

What is FictionWhat is Fiction

a. b. c.

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a. Something that is true

b. Something that is made up

c. A book shelf

a. Something that is true

b. Something that is made up

c. A book shelf

What is non-fiction?What is non-fiction?

a. b. c.

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a. Something that is true

b. Something that is made up

c. A place in the Caribbean

a. Something that is true

b. Something that is made up

c. A place in the Caribbean

Realistic FictionRealistic Fiction

• Realistic Fiction is not a true story but it has to be believable or seem possible.

• Must portray characters and events as they actually are.

• They are stories that could happen and are in a time and setting that is possible.

• With characters that are true to life.

• Realistic Fiction is not a true story but it has to be believable or seem possible.

• Must portray characters and events as they actually are.

• They are stories that could happen and are in a time and setting that is possible.

• With characters that are true to life.

Purpose of Realistic FictionPurpose of Realistic Fiction

• To entertain

• Involve the reader in the lives of people who seem to be real and are in real life situations.

• To entertain

• Involve the reader in the lives of people who seem to be real and are in real life situations.

Realistic Fiction must include the following:

Realistic Fiction must include the following:

• Characters• Setting• Conflict• Problem• Plot (exposition, rising action, climax, falling

action, and resolution)

• Characters• Setting• Conflict• Problem• Plot (exposition, rising action, climax, falling

action, and resolution)

Do you remember the four types of conflict?

Do you remember the four types of conflict?

• Person vs. person

• Person vs. self

• Person vs. nature

• Person vs. society

• Person vs. person

• Person vs. self

• Person vs. nature

• Person vs. society

What is point of view?What is point of view?

a. b. c.

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a. Perspective from which the novel is told.

b. The angle the camera uses to take the cover picture.

c. The way you feel about a story.

a. Perspective from which the novel is told.

b. The angle the camera uses to take the cover picture.

c. The way you feel about a story.

SimilesSimiles

• Think back to Romeo and Juliet and share with the class what you remember about similies

• Think back to Romeo and Juliet and share with the class what you remember about similies

Which of the following is an example of a simile?

Which of the following is an example of a simile?

a. b.

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a. The car was a junkyard on wheels

b. “Lemme think a minute….it’s sorta like making a turtle come out

a. The car was a junkyard on wheels

b. “Lemme think a minute….it’s sorta like making a turtle come out

A simile is..A simile is..

• A form of imagery in which two unlike things are compared using the words like or as.

• A form of imagery in which two unlike things are compared using the words like or as.

What do I do with them?What do I do with them?

• Similes are located throughout the novel To Kill a Mockingbird. You will be asked to identify them while we read and you may need them in the future.

• Similes are located throughout the novel To Kill a Mockingbird. You will be asked to identify them while we read and you may need them in the future.